Another way to capture rockets

There's more than one way to skin a cat. This company shoots smaller (than SpaceX) rockets into space and lets a helicopter catch it on the way down. It semi-successfully did this recently. The helicopter caught the rocket but had to let it fall into the ocean because it was making the helicopter too unstable.

Eating the Globe update

I've got three countries lined up.

1. Moldova: I ordered Moldovan honey online months ago but have yet to receive it.

2. Vanuatu: A Berkeley kava place serves kava from there. I'm going to try it out with Chris.

3. Eswatini: A friend is going to share some Eswatini strain marijuana with me. Thanks, friend!

If you Bay Area people know of any ultra exotic new restaurants, please let me know. I've eaten food from the following countries:

Africa: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Asia: Afghanistan, Armenia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

Europe: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Vatican City

North America: Barbados, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, St Kitts & Nevis, Trinidad & Tobago, USA

South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

Oceania: Australia, Fiji, Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga

Victory Day 2022 parade

Welp, I'll never see this parade in the same way again. I'm frankly surprised that Defense Minister Shoigu is still around. No aircraft were flown due to "weather". The Aurus Senat convertible looks...derivative.

Chinese-Cubans

 

Cannonball Run record holder is Audi made to look like Taurus

Car ferry from Denmark to Iceland

I'm reading a Lonely Planet book about road trips. In the section about Iceland's Ring Road, it said you can bring your car by taking a ferry from Denmark! I had no idea. This ferry holds 800 cars and stops in the Faroe Islands along the way. This looks fantastic.

Max and Yuki race swamp cars

Florida men!

Mercedes EQS is a big boy

Who is in Miami for the race this weekend?

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Hot school lunches in Japan

Our boy is going to be in kindergarten this fall. Every California school kid gets a free hot lunch at school, so I'll be interested to see how it compares with Japanese lunches.